Black Forest Roll Cake

I know I am going to join this month's Aspiring Baker #9 Swiss Rolling Good Time.  But I had no idea what to make! Since cherries season is still on going. I thought Black Forest would be a good choice. And it is one of the most welcomed cakes among all. I used fresh cherries to sandwich in the roll and top the canned cherries on the cake. Ya, I know most people would rather use both fresh cherries for filling topping, but I was running out of fresh ones and I happen to have some canned cherries..........

The recipe was adapted from one of my Japanese roll cake books by 津田阳子. Love her recipes and it is a very reliable books that all her roll cakes recipes turned out great! But my rolling skill still not good enough to make the cake looks as pretty though. i did not follow exactly for the cream filling mentioned in the book, as I prefer the roll cake to be lighter, just with whipped double cream and cherries. Instead of a chocolate cream filling. 

Ingredients:

Eggs    3

Yolk  1

Caster sugar   80g

Top flour   60g

Cocoa powder   10g

Melted butter   20g

Milk   30ml

Filling:

Enough cherries for both topping and filling

Double cream    250g

Caster sugar   10g

Method:

1. Beat eggs, yolk and sugar in a mixing bowl over a pot of hot boiling water, whisk till sugar dissolved. Move the bowl away from hot water and whisk the egg till ribbon stage. Sift in both flour and cocoa powder and fold in gently. 

2. Mix melted butter and milk in a small bowl, scoop a small amount of egg batter over and mix them well. Pour the butter mixture back to the egg mixture and gently combine them together. Pour the cake batter to a Swiss roll tray 29cm x 29cm lined with parchment paper. Bake in a pre heated oven at 200'c for about 12-15 minutes 

3. When the cake is cooked, remove it from the tray and let it cool on  wire rack. 

4. When the cake is cool, peel off the parchment paper and spread the top side of the cake with whipped cream and cherries. Roll up the cake to form a Swiss roll , and keep in the fridge to let the cream set. Bring the cake out after 20-30 minutes and deco the top of the cake as you wish.